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Stars Earn ABCA Team Academic Award

7/29/2024 3:41:00 PM

River Forest, Ill.- The Dominican University baseball team was one of the  470 plus programs to receive the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award. This is the 9th straight year the Stars have won this award.

The American Baseball Coaches Association is proud to recognize the over 800 member college and high school programs from across the country that have been awarded the 2023-24 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, which is presented by Sports Attack. Teams from every level of college and high school baseball were honored with this year's award, which highlights programs coached by ABCA members that posted a GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale for the cumulative 2023-24 academic year.

Nearly 350 high school programs and more than 470 collegiate programs were recognized with this year's award.

Coaches were able to nominate their teams for the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award following the conclusion of their spring semesters prior to the nomination deadline of July 11th. To be honored, teams had to meet the following criteria:

  • Must be a high school or college team
  • Head coach must be a current ABCA member
  • Team must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 on a 4.0 scale for the 2023-24 academic year

The American Baseball Coaches Association has a long tradition of recognizing the achievements of baseball coaches and student-athletes. The ABCA/Rawlings All-America Teams are the nation's oldest, founded in 1949, and the ABCA's awards program also includes the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Awards, the ABCA/ATEC Regional & National Coaches of the Year and several other major awards such as the ABCA Hall of Fame and the Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.

Head Coach Steve Hardman commented on this achievement by saying "It is always an honor to be an ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award winner.  This is a true team award and shows all of the hard work that our student-athletes put into the classroom.  This award is something we talk to recruits about every chance we can because we are so proud at the balance our student-athletes find between sports and athletics."

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